Free tool
GitHub star velocity badge
A free, no-signup badge for your README: current star count plus how fast it's growing week over week. One line of Markdown, no account, no API key.
Owner and repo name, e.g. vercel/next.js.
[](https://markethq.ai/tools/star-badge?utm_source=badge&repo=vercel%2Fnext.js)<a href="https://markethq.ai/tools/star-badge?utm_source=badge&repo=vercel%2Fnext.js"><img src="https://markethq.ai/api/tools/star-badge?repo=vercel%2Fnext.js" alt="vercel/next.js star velocity" /></a>How it works
Real GitHub data, refreshed hourly, cached everywhere else.
The badge reads your repo's public star count from GitHub, and compares it against a snapshot from about a week ago to show the weekly delta. A repo with less than a week of history just shows the star count — no made-up trend.
Private repos and repos GitHub can't find still render a neutral badge instead of a broken image, so your README never shows an error icon.
Every badge links back to this page with the repo pre-filled, so anyone who clicks it lands on the same live preview and embed snippets.
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